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Show Tllr. tOMINO KI.KC1I0X. I I Corre.ponilenl tdructle. a Comblna Hon Tlrkel to l)ff.tt a I'ouiiiii.it 1 tieiny. The city elertloii I. apprcacblug ami ai fjr no action la being taken by any oflbopartlss towards the .suing of notices for prlmarlm, coneiitlons, etc. Only soma fcur weoks Intervene, and this most Important election will take place, when tlio voters will declato who shall govern thu allalra of our large and ra Idly growing city. What l.thereisfili ofsi much apparent In-dlllereucu In-dlllereucu In relation to such an lm-irlant lm-irlant matter? 1 live tbo masses bad n surfeit nf lHlcs as they have Ucn conducted the I ait j ear or two? Two years ago It will bo rometnWrid that au exhaustive an I thorough campaign was uiado by the "Liberal." on the onosldoaud tbo People on Ihu oilier. Ulnce then a n volution lias taken place In local attaint. Thu People', parly baa dltbindel and Ihe members have silled themselves, some with llio Itepubllcun p.irty and totnu with the Democratic irly. Hut tho "Liberals" have not disbanded, 'they adhere a. u Imdy, compact and njgresslvo as uvsr. Under tho circumstances, aru llicru any hoi.es for elthur of the national na-tional parties Mug able to wreit the government of the city from the bunds of the patty of wilful extravagance, glirluc Incompetence and fraud? With the "Liberal." u tilted, etercWng their tenure of olllco mainly In view as to bow much can be made cut of It, apparently ap-parently teepon.lhl lo none lu their extravagance and squandering of the high taxes Imposed uon tho people, Ihey still seem likely lo seoure another lwu-eara' lertn, with this probable dlllereme that this lime they may, by i xleu.lvo Jobbery and frauds, capture cap-ture the entire city. Ihe Third aud i'ourtlt precincts Iiavo battled nobly In thu put In oppoiln Iho parly of corruption, and lhat, too, successfully; but with the "Liberal" colonization that ha. beeu and Is now goliigon,tliey ruaypo.ilbly fall In ability to resist Any longer thu encroachments of tho enemy. I n it crisis of this nature, what Is tho duty ol Iho citizen? Khali ho yield to Mriy aul sacrifice bis taiit Intero.tt? Tbcrn aru tliosu who ssy that come what hiay, "win or lose," wo must go Into the battle aa a Democratic party with a pur iy and strictly Democratic ticket. Inuiyopluloii llio Democratic party havu as much boj of winning the February election asof being able to inakesugaroutofs.lt. Isnotthls un derstanuing the cause of eucb luke- wnrmness and Indlllcrtticu among the teopie In regard tu the most Important Im-portant of all elections? Do Ihey net aie that to enter the ronteit with any than a combined ticket of the two Idirllea Is to lose the battle? Have wu advanced so far aa iartUsns lhat wo as a community cannot aJoit a citizens' ticket? 'Ibewelfarn or our city demands de-mands It. Tho exlravagacco ae,d In-comtwtencootlhe In-comtwtencootlhe f resent government demands II. The Inability of tbo people to continue paying such euor-ircus euor-ircus taxes dimands It. Then why not ventilate and cxpreta thu IJtaf lltlievlng fully that tho, peopla are, largely lu favor of a cltlzena' ticket, I have Ihe hardihood to subscribe in), self a Ds-mooiiai, |
